Wednesday flowers... and berry feasts

  • From: Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: paw@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:59:50 -0800

Spring comes early in the San Francisco Bay Area. Wild residents come out to enjoy the weather and look for tidbits. Common birds you wouldn't think twice to look at eat colorful foods and make themselves worth watching.

A lowly house sparrow looked for nectar in pink blossoms:
http://tinyurl.com/4ac7c
(Yes, I can identify them now!)

This American robin perched within easy reach of his snack. In between scanning for predators he quickly bent down and gobbled bright red berries like they were miniature malted milk balls:
http://tinyurl.com/3zoq6

And males strutted in the fine weather. This canvasback swam between several different females:
http://tinyurl.com/6uhox

This Mallard female briefly ignored her man:
http://tinyurl.com/64pmk

All comments welcome.


Mark Bohrer
www.mountain-and-desert.com
Invite nature inside with fine photographs of fountaining herons and other enchanting wildlife 


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